Summary
Get back to the garden with an escape to Costa Rica’s natural paradise. From heart-stirring suspension bridges through rainforest canopies to the lava trails emerging from the depths of the earth. See Arenal Volcano and explore the wild places where pumas and jaguars prowl. Look skyward to spot the hundreds of multi-hued birds, butterflies, and a dizzying diversity of wildlife in the Monteverde Cloud Forest. Find your head in the clouds in a primeval forest blessed by trade winds, rain, and fog by day, and unfettered stars above by night. Go where monkeys and macaws make your day with mischief and count yourself charmed to see some of the 160-plus reptile species—from tiny amphibians to titan snakes. Get civilized too, with visits to an artisan village and a tour of Costa Rica’s largest city and cultural capital of San José.
Short Itinerary / Route
- Day 1
- Arrive In San José, Costa Rica
- Day 2
- San José–Arenal
- Day 3
- Arenal
- Day 4
- Arenal–Monteverde
- Day 5
- Monteverde
- Day 6
- Monteverde–Sarchi–San José
- Day 7
- San José
Travel Cities (3): Arenal Volcano, Monteverde Cloud Forest, San Jose